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DineEquity
, parent of the Applebee’s and IHOP restaurant chains, has been pitching its cash flow story ever since CEO Julia Stewart worked to change the business to a franchisee model.

DineEquity vs. S&P 500

Now 99% franchised, DineEquity gave its shareholders a long-awaited treat.

On Wednesday, DineEquity brought back its dividend after a four-year hiatus. The restaurant chain said it would pay a quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share starting in March.

Assuming that payment stays the same the next 12 months, investors will get an annual dividend of $3 a share this year. That’s a fat dividend yield of 4% based on DineEquity’s recent stock price. By comparison, the S&P 500 yields 2.2%.

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